Mumbai Senior citizen commits suicide by jumping into nullah

    Mumbai, May 6 (PTI) A 82-year-old man allegedly
committed suicide by jumping into a nullah in suburban Andheri
here, police said on Thursday.
    The body of Lokhandwala resident Hamsraj Melwani was
fished out of the nulluh by the Amboli police in the afternoon
hours, an official said.
    Investigations have revealed that the deceased had
left his home on Wednesday morning and had not returned since,
following which his family lodged a missing persons complaint,
he said.
    On examining the CCTV footage from the locality, the
police found that Melwani had walked towards the nullah and
disappeared, the official said.
    The missing persons' squad of the Amboli police
station found a body floating in the nullah, and the local
police was informed, he said.
     Later the deceased's family members also identified
him, the official said.
    On the basis of primary information, an accidental
death report has been registered, he added. PTI ZA
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